Saturday Moment of Zen…

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Hello all,

Welcome to another moment of Zen….
(That’s our happy way of saying we’re having server/wordpress problems) As the new WordPress gets updated, we’ve been experiencing intermittent issues that result in you not being able to access the blog, and sometimes the forums too…

WordPress often “gives us the opportunity to practice patience and tolerance” and they also do provide us with this lovely snowfall back on the old blog, and also a place to leave comments while we wait.

Hopefully we’ll be back up and running soon.

Thanks for your patience!

~The Mudflats Team

Saturday, December 13 4:20pm Alaska Time

Update: 6:00pm Alaska Time – ServerGuy is on the scene. Server is busy processing gobs of requests from people to get to the site, that the reboot request has to wait in line. Like taking a number at the deli….

Update: 8:15pm Alaska Time – The Deli has closed and sent us away… So now we are in the queue at the Network Operations Center in Dallas to have our plug pulled, and replugged. I’ll keep you posted!

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OOOOOOOMMMMM. And snow. Thanks for updating this so that we can purposefully share our random thoughts.

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(16:33:50) :

arrrrgggghhhh!

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Aeroentropy(16:36:39) :

*** BIG SIGH ***

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Aeroentropy(16:37:36) :

It’s the tubes, isn’t it…

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(16:40:52) :

Yes, I think we broke the tubes again.

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mhrt oregon(16:43:11) :

I think I love this old site…thanks to AKM and the team for giving us a place to come
PS I love the falling snow…we had snow this morning should be more tomorrow..just went out to mail christmas cards and had to get the snow off the windows first.

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Forty Watt(16:44:56) :

And to think, I just posted the most fascinating, erudite, and probably even quite brilliant remarks concerning the philosophy of Monsters, from SP to LN, and poof! right down the Tubes never to see the light of day.😥 😆

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Forty Watt(16:46:53) :

@ the problem child (a jerk, also) (16:40:52) :

Yes, I think we broke the tubes again.
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I think they get clogged up. Oh dear, I hope it wasn’t my BS.

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Aeroentropy(16:47:03) :

Yesterday it was the power (and heat and water and internet), now it’s mudflats. Maybe it IS me?

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(16:48:19) :

Definitely not you, Aeroentropy!

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(16:49:33) :

And, you got all that stuff back, right? Mudflats will come back, too.

I’ve been meaning to ask you about your name. Is it a duck reference?

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Forty Watt(16:49:45) :

No, It’s Sods Law–the natural cussedness of things.

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BigPete(16:51:16) :

There’s no place like home
….plus…our fancy digs didn’t have any GROOVY snow.

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Peaceful Granny(16:53:18) :

mhrt oregon, I with you…always check back here when the new sight is acting up, and sure enough, it wasn’t me, or the snow that we were getting here today for real. Nice touch here too.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(16:53:23) :

Neither does this, at the moment. But there was earlier.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(16:54:20) :

And there it started again. What fun!

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MonaLisa (in CT)(16:54:50) :

Sod’s Law don’t carry no weight, out here on the ‘flats….

E’en server meltdown can not keep us apart!

But first things first: Who’s turn was it to bring the homemade Bailey’s?

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(16:56:15) :

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…

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Aeroentropy(16:56:47) :

@ the problem child (a jerk, also) (16:49:33) :

I’ve been meaning to ask you about your name. Is it a duck reference?
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No, not ducks. Have you ever spent any time with a whippet puppy?

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Forty Watt(16:57:01) :

That’s the spirit. Sod Sod’s Law.

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Dianna(16:57:36) :

Hi Everybody!
Merrily was I writing away and pressed post in the forums but nada. What a delight to find you all here.

Forty Watt, last night I was wondering if you were pondering the Christmas Carols and Songs puzzle. Astutely, I noticed you were gone.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(16:59:17) :

Ooo! There’s a puzzle? I luvz me a good puzzle!

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mhrt oregon(17:00:05) :

it does make you wonder what is going on -I remember a couple of months ago when there would be hundreds of comments a night and there was never any trouble and now there maybe just 30 or 40 comments and we have problems..well at least it is giving me time to get some christmas cards and other things done
forty watt sorry about the loss of your wonderful post-maybe it got posted before the crash..
aeroentrophy glad that you have power again..tonight and tomorrow night is our shot at losing power

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:00:17) :

Aeroentropy (16:56:47) :

No, not ducks. Have you ever spent any time with a whippet puppy?
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No, is it different from spending time with any other kind of puppy (aimless cuteness, adorable awkward widdles, suddenly falling asleep in the middle of a game)?

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Dianna(17:01:31) :

MonaLisa,

I remember a few easy ones.

SN
JB
OLTOB

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Forty Watt(17:02:54) :

@ Dianna (16:57:36) :

Forty Watt, last night I was wondering if you were pondering the Christmas Carols and Songs puzzle. Astutely, I noticed you were gone.
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I spent more time than anyone should on that puzzle. It was the full moon phenomenon. I can never sleep when the moon is full–and no, my eye teeth do not elongate and I don’t grow hair on my palms–but last night the moon was SO FULL so I didn’t sleep at all. If I was gone it was only to get a cup of tea.

No, not ducks. Have you ever spent any time with a whippet puppy?
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No, is it different from spending time with any other kind of puppy (aimless cuteness, adorable awkward widdles, suddenly falling asleep in the middle of a game)?
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Imagine, if you will, a baby chainsaw. Or maybe a baby velociraptor. Yes, they are cute, yes they pee on the floor, and yes they do sleep, but when they are awake they are full speed ahead, crazy energy and No Handles. Not interested in food (no bribery), scolding them makes them More Crazy. Wonderful as adults, but I swear, many of them probably never make it. I think they are direct agents of entropy. Mine was, for sure.

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Dianna(17:12:07) :

MonaLisa,

Kudos!
I can’t remember any others but I can surely make some up. Possibly incorrect but close to the actual titles.

Amazingly, my wordpress account is still up and running. It has been a bit shoddy the last few days, perhaps bugs from the upgrade?? Well, while you are waiting to come back, here is some good info about an electric car economy.

Good luck getting up and running again, Mudflats!

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Scrimshaw aka Sack Panther Hussein(17:16:24) :

Oh good. I can even leave a comment now. So glad the old hunting lodge is still cozy. I went to a great neighborhood Change meeting this afternoon. Sort of a cross between an activist brainstorming session and a chamber of commerce mixer. And a great pot luck.

Thought I’d drop in, thought you all might be here since the other sight isn’t loading. I was just sitting here contimplating what it will be like to turn into an ice cube. The wind is roaring out of the gorge and there are flakes twirling outside. I was going to go out to my car for a book I bought today but opened the door and thought naaaa I’ll wait. So I am sitting here with my 1921 Vanco central wood heater cranking problem is since I insulated the house I have to be careful terribly embarassing to heat the place up so hot I have to open the windows might make the neighbors wonder about my sanity. Stay warm mud friends think I’ll dig out my flannels and wool blankets.

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Aeroentropy(17:39:14) :

@ MonaLisa (in CT) (17:34:35) :
HYAMLC…
IWAIW

Have You Any Milk Lover’s Chocolate
I Wonder as I Wander
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Wow — Never heard of these!

It is the biggest full Moon of 2008, as much as 14% wider and 30% brighter than lesser Moons we’ve seen earlier this year. An astronomer would say this is a “perigee Moon” because it occurs at perigee, (When the moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit). Go outside tonight and take a look.

The Moon also is in Gemini, along with the peak of the Geminid meteor shower (and because of the moon-light, will be difficult to see).

Joy to the World

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InJuneau(17:45:36) :

OK, and just when I was going to pop into the Forum to report on having received my FABULOUS Mudswap gifts all the way from France, I can’t even make it there. When it finally lets us back in, you’ll all just have to go over there for the news!

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MonaLisa (in CT)(17:45:36) :

IWAHFC – I Want a Hug For Christmas?

Did anyone get HYAMLC?

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Forty Watt(17:46:00) :

Just can’t beat Aeroentropy!

Why is it always grandma’s that are under threat in songs? Like “You canna push your granny off the bus.”

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MonaLisa (in CT)(17:46:47) :

Aw, InJune… SHARE!!

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Forty Watt(17:47:25) :

Have yourself a merry little Christmas– they wouldn’t let me post this as I’d already said it!

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:47:49) :

GRYMH (hint: magical!)

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(17:48:14) :

TTDOC

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Dianna(17:48:20) :

MonaLisa,

Everything is correct except for hug.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:49:55) :

The Twelve Days of Christmas

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Aeroentropy(17:50:12) :

Too many years playing in community bands

Gotta get back to the shop – the glue is drying…

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(17:51:33) :

smarty

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Forty Watt(17:52:44) :

I got one–CTTMPRPPP

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:53:12) :

Speaking of which, British Smarties, are IMHO far superior to the North American variety. Discuss.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:54:48) :

CTIH?

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Forty Watt(17:54:58) :

@ the problem child (a jerk, also) (17:53:12) :

Speaking of which, British Smarties, are IMHO far superior to the North American variety. Discuss.

But not as good as Rowantrees fruit gums.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(17:55:15) :

CRFlats! Thank you for sharing that! I went out on the porch (under pretext of turning off the holiday lights for the night) and in less than 5 minutes saw three shooting stars!

And I’m in a city!

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Forty Watt(17:56:05) :

Christmas Time in Honolulu?

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InJuneau(17:56:26) :

@MonaLisa (in CT) (17:46:47) :

Oh, OK. My mudswap pal was (hm, what IS her name over here…) Floridian in France (or something like that; when I post over at the Forum I’ll use her Forum name). She sent a bunch of postcards and a bookmark of Nantes (where she lives) and a box of Lu chocolate covered biscuits and a Lu biscuit notepad and a magnet that looks JUST like the biscuit on the top of the notepad (good thing I saw the magnet on the back or I might have tried to eat it, it looked so real) and a couple of candies and a VERY cool set of stationery in a pretty holder and a tiny address book. It was very fun to receive, esp. since I wasn’t expecting to get a Mudswap from overseas (they’re so wonderful they didn’t mind the extra postage!). My Cardswap card ALSO came from overseas, so I feel very international this year. What a wonderful family we’ve become.

Anyway, if Floridian in France shows up here tonight/tomorrow before the Forum is back up, THANK YOU! 🙂

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MonaLisa (in CT)(17:57:28) :

Smarties in general are vastly over-rated. Gimme chocolate!

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(17:57:31) :

RATCT

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Forty Watt(17:57:49) :

InJune, very cool.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(17:57:54) :

It’s Jamie!

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(17:59:12) :

ok, i give.
what are british smarties…other than the obvious.

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Forty Watt(17:59:54) :

RATCT–is it Rocking around the Christmas Tree?

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:00:00) :

MonaLisa, Ah, but I think the difference may be that the British ones are actually made of real chocolate.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:00:21) :

What a great haul, InJune! (Were you supposed to open it already? (Tee-hee! Not that I could have resisted…)

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InJuneau(18:00:33) :

I’m out of here to clean the house (yes, really), but I thought I’d add this to the game: GTIOTM

It’s my favorite Christmas song, although I also love: THATI, which someone listed up there ^ somewhere already.

Okay…Smokie the Bear doesn’t want anyone playing with matches…but someone started a fire at Gov. Palin’s church… Who in the hell would be that dumb…there were women and children inside. Denver Post had the article.

Okay…Smokie the Bear doesn’t want anyone playing with matches…but someone started a fire at Gov. Palin’s church… Who in the hell would be that dumb…there were women and children inside. Denver Post had the article.

Update – ServerGuy is on the scene. He has put in a request to the server to reboot. But there were gobs of people trying to get to the site, and a line has formed. So the server is busy processing all of these requests in order… Like taking a number at the deli. So as soon as ServerGuy’s number is up, the server will reboot and we’ll be able to get in there with a big hammer and beat it into submission. Until then, we wait at the deli.

Who’s got number 4, 312? NEXT!

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:14:20) :

Jesu Joy of Mens’ Desiring?

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Dianna(18:14:26) :

Not Honey. Think larger and can be submerged in water.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:15:01) :

Fawnskin: I’m sure some warrior just set a serpent on fire.

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Dianna(18:15:23) :

MonaLisa

You win the prize! A lifetime supply of chocolates.

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:15:24) :

ahem…

DNP

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:16:01) :

I already SAID hippo!

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:17:26) :

want hints?

think large choirs singing esoteric music in big halls.
(i sang it in a huge auditorium with hundreds of other school children)

AKM – Even in your apologia you paint a wonderful picture or two! So the Internet isn’t really a big series of tubes – it’s standing in line at the deli. Now I’m thinking of Sorrento’s in the Excelsior District (10-15 years ago) where the series of tubes was hanging salami, plus various cylyindrical pasta. I see his shadow across the wire glass skylight. The number dispenser is a bright, cheery red. And in this rekindled memory…Serverguy is up on the roof.

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:28:19) :

all i want for christmas is my two front teeth
i saw daddy kissing santa claus (but i think that it’s supposed to be mommy)

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Dianna(18:28:35) :

Eyes
I saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:29:31) :

Hi there Ira2. The mods chat is on a diffferent server, then?

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:29:45) :

I’m more skeered of fawn that you, PC. You’re not as problematic as you pretend to be. Baby deers, however, have backup with antlers….

ISTS

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Dianna(18:29:48) :

I like your version better, EYES.

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:30:15) :

FN
that was for monalisa.
kinda latin.

that is such a hint.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:30:18) :

Dianna, I like your version better!

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:30:53) :

Feliz Navidad More Spanish, but still had me stumped without the hint!

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:31:53) :

yep, got that backup thing going on.

RTRNR

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:32:15) :

How come the mods get ta have their own server, HUH? Why THEY so special?!?!

(Oh, wait… that’s right. It’s cuz they ARE special. Carry on!)

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:33:08) :

Rudolph the Communist-Nosed Reindeer!

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:33:27) :

latino/spanish.
all good.

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(18:33:42) :

How about…
AHJC

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:33:55) :

Or Republican-Nosed, if that is your preferred slur…

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:34:08) :

OTRATTW

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:34:48) :

there will be no further slurring of anything bovine.
there are rules on this blog.

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fawnskin hussein mudpuppy(18:35:25) :

there will be no further slurring of anything bovine.
there are rules on this blog.

Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA (18:42:06) :
Yep. I live a 45 minute drive from West Virginia. Did you know the tooth brush was invented in West Virginia?

If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called the teeth brush.
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My 3 year-old gd calls it her teeth brush, and I can’t possibly correct her. Knowing this one, if I insisted she call it a tooth brush she’d want one for each tooth.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:46:41) :

Christmas Time in Denver
Joy to the World
Sarah Grifted Coldly into a Peaceful Town

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(18:47:56) :

SGCIAPT = Santa Gives Children In Alaska Palin Toys?

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:47:58) :

CRFlats – Yes I did!

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(18:49:35) :

JTTW: Joe The Toilet Worker?

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Aeroentropy(18:49:54) :

My Moment of Zen

Never never carry eggs
from the duck house
in your pocket
when the path is icy.

Must be bedtime here.

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Dianna(18:50:01) :

MonaLisa

2 out of 3
Actually, Christmas Time in Dixie but Denver works.
3. Think country.

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(18:51:03) :

CTID = Cindy Takes Intervenous Drugs?

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Dianna(18:52:04) :

SGCIAPT

Alan Jackson

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:53:25) :

additional hint: GRYMH: mythical animal

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:53:36) :

SGCIAPT – Santa got Cuzzin’ Ida a Purty Tractor?

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Dianna(18:54:04) :

EYES
LOL!

Yes, in honor of Joe the Plumber.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:54:55) :

Sarah Governs Christmas in Alaska Part Time?

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Dianna(18:55:04) :

MonaLisa,

I love your humor.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:55:38) :

Oh dear, Aero, that sounds bad and messy!

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:56:52) :

GRYMH
Grypnons Ride Your Mamma Home

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MonaLisa (in CT)(18:59:12) :

Generally Republicans Yield Murky Hubris?

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(18:59:34) :

AHJC = A Holly, Jolly Christmas?

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(18:59:47) :

Greedy Republicans, Your Main Headache?

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:00:19) :

Mona, LOL!

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:00:33) :

yes problem child

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:00:42) :

(TY, Dianna!)

Aero, you’re ok, right? I mean, other than sticky and breakfastless….

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ira2(19:01:02) :

Forty Watt (18:46:25) :
My 3 year-old gd calls it her teeth brush, and I can’t possibly correct her. Knowing this one, if I insisted she call it a tooth brush she’d want one for each tooth.

Ha! things like that bothered me endlessly when I was a child and expected the world to make sense!! “If it’s a TOOTHbrush, which one of my teeth is it for??” “No, I’m NOT being a smartass, YOU started it by calling it a TOOTHbrush and insisting that it’s for all teeth and not one tooth!”

Life was tricky back then…

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:01:31) :

Okay, final clue for GRYMH: Harry Potter!

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:04:53) :

Rod Blagojevich
will soon be
someone’s bitch

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Dianna(19:04:57) :

SGCIAPT

Hint: Large man bringing gifts in the preferential vehicle of the south.

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:05:30) :

Notice how we always swing back to the political thing?

Next contest, I vote rewriting an Xmas Carol, in honor of Sarah’s pending grannie-hood!

Grandma Got Rejected as VPOTUS… stumpin’ in Versace and red heels

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:07:35) :

Santa’s Gonna Come in a Pickup Truck?

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:09:15) :

PC – I give up on yours, I only read the books, and i don’t recall a song….😦

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:09:38) :

God Rest Ye Merry Hogwarts?

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Aeroentropy(19:11:50) :

@ MonaLisa (in CT) (19:00:42) :

Aero, you’re ok, right? I mean, other than sticky and breakfastless….
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Yeah, fine, thanks. Just, well, heck – you’d think after all these years I’d learn. When I was much younger and even more foolish I once thought that the hood of my sweatshirt was a good safe place to carry eggs. Until one day I forgot, and was skiffing back to town and a cold wind came up.

Duck egg shells are tougher than chicken’s, but not tough enough when my butt lands on ’em.

No real harm done!

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mhrt oregon(19:12:45) :

oh miss sarah will hate grandma-bet she has one of those cutie names so she does not have to grand mmaa

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:14:04) :

God Bless Ye Merry Hippogriffs

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:14:45) :

Like “Anti S”?

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Forty Watt(19:18:23) :

I knew it was something to do with hippogriffs but I didn’t even see it when Eyes said GRYMHogwarts! Time to try and sleep.

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Dianna(19:18:48) :

the problem child had the stumper.

MonaLisa, you are correct.

Aero, hope you are okay.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:19:24) :

Let’s be a little more explicit: Anti Sin?

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:19:56) :

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Sarah Palin is coming to town

She’s making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice.
Sarah Palin is coming to town

She sees you when you’re bogging
She knows when you’re awake
She knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!

O! You better watch out!
You better not cry.
Better not pout, I’m telling you why.
Sarah Palin is coming to town.
Sarah Palin is coming to town.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:22:09) :

LOL Eyes!

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Mirage 18(19:22:17) :

Thanks for suggesting that we keep that earlier URL bookmarked.

So, do you think this is payback from Sarah for posting that Nordy’s photo? (grin)

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mhrt oregon(19:22:22) :

my goodness eyes that is good

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:22:23) :

Aero – on the up-side, your hair was probably never shinier!

mhrt – I’d thought so too. And how much you wanna bet it won’t even be CLOSE to ‘Grandma’? Not ‘Nana’ or ‘Gammie’ or even ‘Tootie’. It’ll be something like ‘Keekee’ or ‘Gigi’ (or Sarah!)

PC – and I was thinking ‘hippocampus’, too!

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Aeroentropy(19:23:19) :

Eyes –

Good one, but a different tune, perhaps:

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:26:29) :

What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Sarah’s lap, is sleeping?
Whom devils greet with anthems sweet,
While Republicans watch are keeping?
This, this is Bristol’s kid,
Whom Satin guards and demons sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The Babe, the grandchild of Sarah!

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MonaLisa (in CT)(19:27:19) :

Wow, 256 comments so far. Phew, I’m exhausted! (I DO miss these blogs! It’s nice to be able to visit every now and again. But ‘chat’ IS easier!)

Good night all! 😀

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mhrt oregon(19:28:09) :

@mirage as into herself as she is I do wonder if she does read this-she really thinks she is wonderful – and I am sure she can not understand why anyone would think any thing negative about her

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Mirage 18(19:28:28) :

I just tried the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator and put in “Sarah”. Hmmm, it looks like Sarah’s grandchild can refer to her as “Claw Washout”. Perfect, I say.🙂

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Anonymous(19:30:08) :

South Side Chicago

It’s probably been said, but I couldn’t post it or even get back to the new site–now I post and watch SNL.

Some of the bonus $200K clothes gift (records corrected) by an RNP donor needed alteration–it’s simply part of the job, no biggie. I’m glad the Secret Shopper recorded the hard-at-work Sarah. Thanks mudflatters!

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Mirage 18(19:30:16) :

(mhrt oregon) Yes, it looks like Blago and her have similar mindsets.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:35:33) :

THC?
Is The Huron Carol an exclusively Canadian x-mas song? It seems so, based on youtube versions.
I need to introduce you all to this beautiful piece…

Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
rubbish imaginable,
Mangled up in tangled up knots.

You nauseate me,Sarah P.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You’re a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked horse.
Sarah P.

You’re a three decker saurkraut and toadstool
sandwich
With arsenic sauce.

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Forty Watt(19:39:01) :

If I’d posted all this on the Forum I’d be a guv’ner by now and I too could go to Nordstrom’s and buy stuff to get altered. Oh, heck!

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mhrt oregon(19:40:16) :

@Aero-glad you are ok-here we have the moss that is also like ice-very very slippery-I fell last spring and my knee still hurts-take care

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Forty Watt(19:40:26) :

Wow Eyes, you can just churn them out. Great stuff.

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say no to palin in politics(19:40:35) :

ah big mudpuppies………are we gettin along?

yrabl……… ya are all brite lites…..really! and PEACE

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mhrt oregon(19:45:17) :

Mona Liza i know that you have gone to bed but I bet SP goes by sarah….

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Aeroentropy(19:47:19) :

Eyes –

You Rock.
I just downloaded the video so I can keep it with me on my iPhone.
Now I have a terrible Tune Virus though!!

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:50:37) :

We wish you a brand new Governor
We wish you a brand new Governor
We wish you a brand new Governor
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!

We want no Palin leading
We want no Palin leading
We want no Palin leading
Please fire her now!
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!

We wish she would be impeached
We wish she would be impeached
We won’t go until we get some
So kick her out now!
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!
We wish you a brand new Governor
We wish you a brand new Governor
We wish you a brand new Governor
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!

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Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA(19:51:58) :

well, gotta log off for now

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mimi(19:52:57) :

Rats!!!

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Dianna(19:53:33) :

Good Job, EYES!.
See you later.

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Dianna(19:54:13) :

Mimi,
Where?

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(19:57:45) :

Bravo, Eyes@

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Forty Watt(20:02:02) :

PC you may have gone, but thank you for the Huron Carol–beautiful. In return I give you Once In Royal David’s City, King’s College, Cambridge.

Each year all the boys are prepared to sing the solo. The boy who sings is literally pointed to by the choir master as the carol begins.

In my youth, it was a Christmas tradition to listen to this choir on the radio on Christmas eve. Enjoy. Goodnight all.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(20:03:06) :

Still getting an error message at the forum. Must be time for bed. Love the mudpups who have stood firm in support of fun!

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Dianna(20:03:45) :

Goodnight, all!
Always a pleasure.

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(20:06:26) :

Thank you, Forty, that is “Watt” will take me to bed!!!

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Aeroentropy(20:06:29) :

Indeed a good evening. Sleep well all. May the Server Fairies be busy and successful tonight!

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Forty Watt(20:09:28) :

To AKM, Snoskred, Sephyroth et al. hope you’re not tearing your hairs out somewhere in the tubes. We love you.

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mhrt oregon(20:10:56) :

@problem child
@forty watt
thank you both for sharing

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the problem child (a jerk, also)(20:12:03) :

@mhrt
You are so welcome!

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Aeroentropy(20:13:08) :

**CHEERS!**

Go Mudflats tech team!
Your deeds do not go unnoticed!!

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akmuckraker(20:17:33) :

Update: 8:15pm Alaska Time – The series of tubes has stopped us dead in our tracks…. So now we are in the queue at the Network Operations Center in Dallas to have our plug pulled, and replugged. I’ll keep you posted! Oh, the drama!🙂
AKM

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Writing from Alaska(20:32:54) :

Hi folks – I was going to send info about Anchorage Mudflats get together – We had just a few of us there, and were possibly observed by potentially unsavory characters that we later regretted not inviting to our table. We made Christmas ornaments with little rubber boots cut out of duct tape and left with fantasies of being guerrilla tree decorators and adding our ornaments to random publicly displayed trees around Anchorage. We all knew at least one other person at the table through other previous work and community affiliations. One of us thought AKM was nearby, but said person was drinking a coke, so my thought probably not – ? If I was AKM I would have a second screen name and identity on the website so I could mingle without revealing myself, a whole new angle on searching for self – Oh, look is that AKM over there?
;o) Have a wonderful evening all – and see you on the forum whenever it heals itself.

How funny! I don’t drink Coke, or any soda for that matter, but curious what makes you say that?! Either I’ve said something in the past, or you have extreme intuitive skills! I really was tempted to go peek at Anchorage Mudstock, but I didn’t… And I thought about the “other identity” as well, but I don’t think I would have been very good at it. I hope you all had fun, and am wondering about said “unsavory characters”!! Mudstock drama! I hope someone sends pictures (I can fuzz out faces if there are Anchorage Mudflatters who would like to be anonymous), and a write-up for publication! I love the ornaments! 😀 What fun to stealth decorate trees! I’d love pictures of that too!!

AKM

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CO Almost Native(20:33:58) :

avahome (18:05:28) :

If you’re still on, are you in Denver? I’m on the south side, Littleton-

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CO Almost Native(20:37:39) :

Eyes Wide Open In Pgh, PA (19:50:37) :

Oooh….bravo! well done! I’m impressed with your creativity:) Mine all leaked out and into the Christmas cookies I’ve been baking…

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CO Almost Native(20:41:36) :

‘G nite all…and a big thanks to AKM and all of the talented administrators and technobrains who keep the Mudflats going: hugs and kisses to you:)

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Cynamen Winter(20:59:56) :

Whist we wait…can I get a pastrami on rye? 🙂

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Scrimshaw aka Sack Panther Hussein(21:08:21) :

HYaMLC is a song for hard times.
I know the daughter of the man who wrote
HCSC
and she gets royalties.🙂

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InJuneau(21:34:02) :

@the problem child (a jerk, also) (17:57:54) :

Yeah, I know it’s Jamie; I just thought she’d still been posting here with the earlier name. In an case, the gifts were AWESOME!

And, while I’ve been gone, I’ve actually done some cleaning, eaten dinner, baked 8 dozen cookies for next week’s church mini bazaar and Christmas tea, and come back to discover all sorts of frivolity has transpired in my absence. And now all you fun people are going to bed😦

Aeroentropy–I hope you’re better from your fall. I wiped out while heading to work on Friday and have a seriously bruised elbow and thigh. Too bad I didn’t do it on the other side of the street, or I could have sued SP. The Leg staff does a great job on their sidewalks though, so I don’t think there’s ever ice on them for long. At least I didn’t get egg all over me.

A church here is in the process of rebuilding after being totally destroyed by arson almost 3 years ago. It wasn’t directed at the church, but it took out the 110-year old church and the house next door.

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ds55(22:12:12) :

I saw the article about Wasilla church fire over on HuffPo. One reader’s comment stood out:

“A million-dollar church with 1,000 members in a town of 7,000? Now THAT is scary.”

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mimi(22:25:49) :

Diana – sorry, I didn’t mean to scare ya’. That was just an abbreviated form of “dang it – I can’t play in the mudflats tonight.”

So, I baked an apple pie and played the piano and checked my email and watched a little tv and came back for another try – but alas – the tubes are still clogged.

And I cleaned the bathroom, did the dishes and dreamed some dreamy dreams about things to come. So now I will sleep and try again tomorrow. Nighty night, all zzzzzzzz

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Sirenoftitan(22:43:23) :

Seems like everyone has been lots of fun whilst the tubes are down. I loved all the alternative carols.

For the competitive amongst you, how about solving these anagrams of Christmas Carols/Songs

Ho ! Ho ! I’m dry niggling nerd
Pathetic, unmelodic nightmare

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mhrt oregon(22:46:05) :

@ds55
scarcier..injuneau posted the article just about yours it says the building is worth 4 or 5 million dollars had has 1 million in damages- how can that be it is a metal building-i have no idea

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Canuck for Alaskan Truth(22:54:25) :

ds55 (22:12:12) :

A million-dollar church with 1,000 members in a town of 7,000?

Now THAT is scary, but hardly surprising.

That is downright scary but comes as no surprise. Godbotherers have so much money that they pull out of whatever random criminal’s asses. Please wake me up when you have some actual news.

sirenofthetitan all of the creative ones have gone to bed..but it was fun -kinda like the old days-we are all just waiting for the tubes to be unplugged and then re plugged in Dallas to see how things work-AKM and team have been working for most of the day on this-it must be like the wizard of Oz- we just don’t know what is behind the curtain

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Sirenoftitan(23:01:12) :

@ mhrt oregon

.. I was just waking up and it all looked like real fun. Should have got up earlier but it is Sunday morning.